EveCairo Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Lovely short piece by John Lahr in the New Yorker on silent movies and most particularly comedies with great quotes from Keaton and Chaplin. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/01/the-artist-show-people-silent-film.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesoulM Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Loved the piece especially when he mentioned Marion Davies. Wished he mentioned Harald Lloyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagman66 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 This is a pretty good article thanks. It's just to bad that the priciple subject*,* King Vidor's *SHOW PEOPLE (1928)* has never been released on DVD. Not good at all that the Harold Lloyd New-line 7 Disc Box set has gone out of print recently either.I hope the Lloyd's will be released elsewhere in Blu-ray, but I would be very surprised to see it happen. And Oh yeah, Chaplin's *CITY LIGHTS* has been out of print in America for over 2 years now in the United States. Both *CITY LIGHTS* and then newly restored original 1925 version of *THE GOLD RUSH* should be out on DVD anhd Blu-ray friom Criterion.hopefully sometime later this year. Possibly, Erich Von Stroheim's *THE WEDDING MARCH* as well. Licensed to Criterion by Paramount in 2007. And still not around. I sure wish this writter had mentioned *THE BIG PARADE,* and every reviewer of the new *WINGS* DVD and Blu-ray would bring oup *THE BIG PARADE* never having had a release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbabe Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 TCM please do your most diligent best and get the full movie of The Divine Woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VP19 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 If "The Artist" merely serves as a conduit for people to discover silent film and its many charms, it will have served a purpose. Thankfully, it is far more than that, and I hope it wins best picture and several other awards to go with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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